Role Of Women

Roles of Women:

The Change from the Past to the Present

The roles of women from the past to the present has changed dramatically, it changed from women having a label on them that “they can’t do what a man can do” and “they should stay in the house” but this is completely untrue. Women have the abilities to do the exact same things as men if not better.

This advertisement from the 1950’s demonstrates that women were looked at as objects rather than human beings. It displays that the ketchup bottle is so easy to open that even a woman can do it. Looking at this advertisement now, it is clear that in the past 60 years, women have made a huge change for the better. They have spoken out and told society that women are in fact people and not just objects. To see an advertisement like this in the 1950’s it was nothing unusual, people just looked and thought nothing of it because they thought it was true. Nowadays, if there was an advertisement like this, it would raise great controversy. Contrast is used in the colours of the background and the ketchup. These colours contrast each other, like how McDonald’s and other restaurants use yellow and red to advertise. These colours against each other make your eye bounce back and forth to the background to the foreground, which is another reason her lips are red. This creates a way for your eyes to move when you first look at the photo.

This recent photograph portrays how far women have come. In the past, it was not socially accepted for a women to do a man's job such as joining the military. It was more common for a woman to just stay in the house to cook, clean, or take care of the children. Feminists have created these opportunities for women to do the same as men, if not, more. This photographer used perception to create line to make you follow the spill way behind her, leading to her face. This kind of technique is used in paintings and other photography to bring your eyes to what the artist wants the audience to look at the most.

This is the first female based propaganda during WWII, this image was not to recruit women to join the army but to give encouragement to the women already in war to work harder and fight just like the men, and for the first time, that’s exactly what they did. Rosie the Riveter started the idea that women can do the same as men, although it didn’t make a change for women until a few decades later. This image uses symbolism through the font by exaggerating the text bold, showing strength. Her rolling up her sleeve shows the toughness and strength she is portraying to show all women can be as strong as her. She was a role model for women in 1943 and I believe she should be or still is one today.

This last photo is of a painting from the medieval times. In this painting, colour is used to symbolize different meanings. The red of the curtains and the bed sheets symbolizes royalty and the dark dresses that the women are wearing show that they do not have much money. This is due to the fact that dark colour represents poverty. The women are forced to stay in the house because in this time period, everybody believed that this is all that women were good for. Over the years, women have made a huge change from times such as these, but there is still a huge fight for equality.